What hiring managers look for on candidates social media

As we all know, employers are beginning to look at social media accounts when considering a candidate to work for their company. Most consider this a negative thing but many can actually benefit.  Many do not realize what employers are looking for. Many hiring managers have actually hired employees based on their social media sites. Some employers like the way candidates portrayed themselves on sites such as Facebook and linked in. Most of us typically think employers are going to look at every bad aspect of our social media.  Managers have hired employees after reviewing their social media accounts based on the following criteria:

·         Showing their personality on social networks

·         Conveying a professional image

·         Providing background info that is supported by professional qualifications

·         Showing a wide range of interests

·         Displaying communication skills

·         Being creative

·         Having other people post references about you

There are many employers who decline job offers because of social media. Many reasons for not accepting a person based on their social media account include negative images, bad mouthing previous employer, images of drinking and drug use, and poor communication skills. Although most disagree with employers looking at their social media accounts, they can actually benefit from it. If you social media account has appropriate images and shows you can communicate effectively with others it may give you an advantage when being considered for a job.  So all things considered, having a company look at your social media site may be beneficial to you getting a job.

Boeing Spy Phone

Boeing is an aerospace and Defense Company that is known by most to make airplanes. Recently Boeing has introduced a highly secure communications device for those in the defense, government, and intelligence communities. The phone itself cannot be purchased by the public and is only intended to be used by people in the defense and intelligence fields. Boeing teamed up with Android to design the smart phone that will run on an Android network. Similar types of phones used for defense typically range from $15,000 to $20,000 per phone. That’s an insane amount of money for a phone. By using the Android network Boeing will be able to sell the phone for much less. I’m sure much less means it’s still in the thousands of dollars which is outrageous for a smart phone, although we do not know what its capabilities are. I think it’s really strange that a plane company is designing a top secret smart phone for government and defense agencies. I’m sure by teaming up with Android they will be able to create a very high tech phone. There was not much said about the actual phone due to the fact it’s a highly secure phone only to be used by certain officials and agencies. I wonder what the phone is capable of doing. I can’t imagine it being more advanced than some of the smart phones currently out on the market, but I’m sure it is.  

Google April Fools

As you all know this past Sunday was April fool’s day. For an April fool’s joke, Google decided to post various videos and images of new apps and programs that were all a joke. One of my professors showed me video Google created for the “Gmail tap”. In the video Google was advertising for a new form of texting which used Morse code. The video looked real and I was going along with it the whole time. Google advertised how it was going to be the newest form of texting because how fast you could write messages. I became suspicious at a scene when they were interviewing Google employees about the “Gmail Tap” and one of them was LL cool j. I then knew it was a joke and started laughing. Immediately after I went online and searched for the video and found multiple pranks Google posted on April fool’s day. One of which was “Google weather control”. There was an image of a basic 5 day forecast along with a drop down bar below the day. Whatever day you choose you could click the dropdown bar and select the type of weather you want for that particular day. Another funny prank is the “Google fiber bar”. The video posted for the “Google fiber bar” claimed that the fiber bar could tell which organs in the body needed certain nutrients and would send them there. I personally though all of the Google pranks were funny and creative. I was even fooled by a few of them.